After studying engineering, he opted for architecture and graduated from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1922.
He became friends with André Lurçat and, under its influence, a passion for some years for the purist architecture; in 1930, he joined the Union of modern artists.
In 1923, he designed furniture very architected, designed according...
After studying engineering, he opted for architecture and graduated from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1922.
He became friends with André Lurçat and, under its influence, a passion for some years for the purist architecture; in 1930, he joined the Union of modern artists.
In 1923, he designed furniture very architected, designed according to regulating lines. If he is exploring low-cost housing models and standard furniture, works for patrons such parallel couturier Jacques Doucet, Baron Robert de Rothschild, Viscount Charles de Noailles.
In 1926, his meeting with Bolette Natanson, daughter of Alexandre Natanson, founder of La Revue Blanche, is crucial to the evolution of his art. She brought in an environment of intellectuals, artists and musicians. They travel and work together. It's the return of a trip to Italy with Bolette it begins to incorporate into his creations references to Ancient Rome, the Renaissance and the Baroque. Both natural history buffs, they invent surprising compositions from butterflies, shells, stuffed birds.
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